National hunt for superbug E-Coli is on
A government-funded study is about to start poking sewers, supermarkets and farmyards for one of the most menacing drug-resistant superbugs, E-coli.
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A government-funded study is about to start poking sewers, supermarkets and farmyards for one of the most menacing drug-resistant superbugs, E-coli.
Dog abductions, new planets and aliens living in your home – the latest and final release of the Ministry of Defence’s “UFO files” documents public claims of encounters “of the third kind”.
Confirmation by the World Health Organisation that a new SARS-like virus can pass from person-to-person marks a significant new development in the understanding of the bug.
Channel 4 News is examining the alarming changes taking place in the British countryside. Science Editor Tom Clarke takes a look at trees – and why they have never had it so tough.
After tense talks, Ireland’s cabinet agrees a bill to allow abortion to save a mother’s life. But pro-choice groups tell Channel 4 News the victory is small and will only help “minority” of women.
Officials confirm up to 15 fatalities and more than 160 people injured after a blast at a Texas fertiliser plant near Waco, as Jonathan Miller reports.
First coffee shops, then a bakery – now a family restaurant chain: supermarket giant Tesco says it wants to make branches warmer and more welcoming. But will its strategy pull customers in?
The Food Standards Agency has told Channel 4 News that UK horse meat contaminated with a toxic drug was consumed in France before it could be recalled.
It might be good for us – but mackerel should be confined to an occasional treat. Overfishing means it has been taken off the Marine Conservation Society’s “fish to eat” list.
A war of words over Christmas trading figures has broken out between two of Britain’s largest supermarkets, with a Sainsbury’s executive claiming Tesco’s sales figures were “disingenuous”.
Prisoners should only be released before the end of their sentence if they have behaved well, the justice secretary urges, saying he wants an end to the automatic early release system.
Measles cases have surged in Pakistan over the last year as suspicion over vaccinations and attacks on aid workers are leading to the deaths of hundreds of children.
Confirmed cases of the deadly tree disease ash dieback are now so widespread that controlling the illness without a cure will pose “long term problems”, the environment secretary warns.
As New York struggles to recover from the wrath of Superstorm Sandy, what part does mankind play on climate change – is it our fault?
For some people Greenland’s melting ice-cap signals not only climate change but the end of a way of life, while to others it marks an opportunity for new investment. Tom Clarke meets both sides.